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Table 3 Patient and institutional characteristics associated with individual and total primary care attributes

From: Usual source of care and the quality of primary care: a survey of patients in Guangdong province, China

 

First contact utilization

First contact access

Ongoing care

Coordination referrals

Coordination information systems

 

Beta(SE)

Beta(SE)

Beta(SE)

Beta(SE)

Beta(SE)

Intercept

3.32**(0.12)

2.75**(0.13)

2.46**(0.12)

2.79**(0.13)

3.01**(0.12)

Usual provider of care (Ref = no)

     

 Yes

0.1*(0.04)

0.18**(0.05)

0.59**(0.05)

0.2**(0.05)

0.2**(0.04)

Usual place of care (Ref = no)

     

 Yes

0.18**(0.05)

0.23**(0.05)

0.11*(0.05)

0.11*(0.05)

0.2**(0.05)

Facility (Ref = CHC)

     

 Secondary hospital

−0.02(0.05)

−0.14**(0.06)

−0.22**(0.06)

−0.11*(0.06)

−0.06(0.05)

 Tertiary hospital

−0.01(0.06)

−0.09(0.07)

−0.26**(0.07)

−0.13(0.07)

0.05(0.07)

Gender (Ref = female)

     

 Male

−0.12**(0.04)

−0.12*(0.05)

−0.03(0.05)

−0.02(0.05)

−0.1*(0.05)

Age (Ref = 65 or older)

     

 45 to 64

−0.18**(0.07)

0.03(0.08)

−0.03(0.08)

−0.04(0.08)

−0.16*(0.08)

 18 to 44

−0.17*(0.08)

0.11(0.09)

−0.07(0.09)

0.005(0.09)

−0.24**(0.08)

 Younger than 18

−0.1(0.1)

0.14(0.11)

−0.21*(0.1)

−0.06(0.11)

−0.24*(0.1)

Marriage (Ref = single)

     

 Married

0.0004(0.06)

0.03(0.07)

−0.12(0.06)

−0.1(0.07)

−0.11(0.06)

City class (Ref = rural)

     

 Urban

−0.002(0.05)

−0.07(0.06)

0.1(0.06)

−0.04(0.06)

0.13*(0.06)

Registered (Ref = no)

     

 Yes

−0.02(0.05)

−0.02(0.05)

0.07(0.05)

−0.01(0.05)

−0.04(0.05)

Education (Ref = junior or lower)

     

 Senior

−0.12*(0.06)

−0.0007(0.07)

−0.09(0.06)

0.02(0.06)

0.02(0.06)

 Technical college

0.07(0.06)

0.18**(0.07)

0.13*(0.06)

0.16**(0.07)

0.13*(0.06)

 Undergraduate or above

−0.02(0.08)

0.13(0.09)

0.03(0.08)

0.02(0.09)

−0.02(0.08)

Occupation (Ref = unemployed)

     

 Farmer

0.07(0.08)

0.23**(0.08)

0.03(0.08)

0.16*(0.08)

−0.02(0.08)

 Working in urban

−0.06(0.06)

−0.03(0.06)

−0.09(0.06)

−0.03(0.06)

−0.07(0.06)

Income (Ref = low)

     

 Median

−0.14*(0.06)

−0.17*(0.07)

−0.03(0.07)

−0.1(0.07)

−0.03(0.07)

 High

−0.31**(0.08)

−0.34**(0.09)

−0.1(0.09)

−0.25**(0.09)

−0.08(0.08)

 Missing

−0.28**(0.09)

−0.31**(0.1)

−0.48**(0.1)

−0.27**(0.1)

−0.28**(0.1)

Health status (Ref = less than good)

     

 Equal or greater than good

0.04(0.05)

−0.02(0.05)

0.13**(0.05)

0.16**(0.05)

0.15**(0.05)

Health problem (Ref = no)

     

 Yes

−0.25**(0.06)

−0.2**(0.06)

0.02(0.06)

−0.06(0.06)

−0.04(0.06)

 Adjust R squared

0.09

0.10

0.26

0.06

0.11

 Sample Size

864

864

864

864

864

  1. *P < .05. **P < .01